Juliana Francis Blog: September 2014

Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Fraudster Bags 5 Years Jail Term for Possession of fake Currencies

Justice Fatu Riman of the Federal High Court Kano today, September 30, 2014 convicted and sentenced one Abubakar Salihu to five years imprisonment with option of N300, 000 (Three Hundred Thousand Naira) fine on one count charge of possession of counterfeit United State Dollars.

The convict was arrested on July 22, 2014 by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, after he was named as accomplice in another fraud investigation. He was arrested with five pieces of counterfeit one hundred dollar bills.

OKIRO DOFFS HAT FOR JONATHAN’S GIANT STRIDES IN ANNIVERSARY GOODWILL MESSAGE

On the occasion of the 54^th independence anniversary of Nigeria, Sir Mike Okiro, Chairman of Police Service Commission heartily rejoices with the President, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan and Nigerians on the attainment of this regal milestone.

He said, the preceding year has tasked our resolve to remain an indivisible entity to the limit, but our collective uncommon determination to weather the storm has seen us emerge more resolute to keep the ship of the State on course.

The girl with the 9lb HAIRBALL: Massive blockage meant teenager couldn't even drink a glass of water

A teenager who couldn't drink a glass of water without being sick was found to have a massive hair ball blocking her digestive system.

Ayperi Alekseeva, from Kyrgyzstan, had spent years picking up hair from the carpet and eating it. She also chewed the tips of her hair.

When she finally sought medical help, doctors pulled out a hairball weighing almost 9lb (4kg).

They say without emergency surgery, the 18-year-old, who was badly dehydrated and malnourished, would almost certainly have died.

The 18-year-old, from Kyrgyzstan, had spent years picking up hair from the carpet and eating it. She also chewed the tips of her hair, which contributed to the hairball weighing 9lb (4kg), pictured on screen above

A 60-year-old man, Vincent Odionu was on Monday September 29, 2014, arraigned before Justice M.A. Onyetenu of the Federal High Court, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a 2-count charge that borders on stealing, forgery and impersonation

A lead Investigator with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Norm Leger has commended the professional achievements and conduct of men and officers of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

“My impression of EFCC can be summed in just three words; very professional, high integrity and very competent. I have been very impressed to be honest”, Leger said, as he rounded off a two-week course on “Tactical Intelligence Analyses” organized for investigators and analysts drawn from the EFCC, Nigeria Police and Nigerian Drug Law Enforcement agency by Royal Canadian Mounted Police, EFCC and other stakeholders at the EFCC Academy, Abuja.

POLICE COMMISSIONERS TO ISSUE TINTED GLASS PERMIT

The Inspector-General of Police, Acting IGP Suleiman Abba, has decentralized the issuance of tinted glass permit.

He has delegated the power to Commissioners of Police in charge of State Commands so as to bring service closer to the people.

Misery of the girl called ISIS - and her distraught father who wants the world to stop using her name to describe the evil beheading regime

A family are calling for people to stop referring to terror group Islamic State as ISIS to avoid confusion with their eight-year-old's name.

Frank and Sheridan Leskien - from Bexley in Sydney's south - named their daughter, Isis, after the Egyptian goddess who was portrayed as a model wife and mother, and is the patroness of nature and magic.

Now the name is associated with the terror organisation Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) - also known as Islamic State - who have claimed responsibility for beheading U.S. and British nationals on camera.

British hostage John Cantlie forced to criticise Obama's 'disappointingly predictable' strategy on ISIS and warns Western weapons will end up in jihadists' hands in shocking video

British ISIS hostage John Cantlie has appeared in a new propaganda video on behalf of the group, criticising President Barack Obama's 'disappointingly predictable' action against the militants.

Wearing an orange Guantanamo-style jumpsuit and speaking directly to the camera, Cantlie attacks the West's plans to use Iraqi troops and Syrian rebels to fight ISIS.

In forced speech, spoken as if reading from a script, Cantlie says organising the Iraqi army will take months, and describes the Free Syrian Army as 'undisciplined, corrupt and largely ineffective.'

Propaganda: A new video from ISIS has been posted online showing British hostage John Cantlie criticising Obama's military strategy for combating the terror group

'It is nothing unusual': £45,000-a-week Muslim Premier League star Cheick Tiote admits he has two wives AND a mistress - but wife number one FAINTED when she found out on Facebook

A married Premier League footballer who already has three children by his wife and mistress has just taken a second bride in his native Cote'Ivoire.

Cheick Tiote, 28, who earns £45,000 a week playing for Newcastle United, reportedly wed Laeticia Doukrou in a traditional ceremony earlier this month, saying taking another wife was 'nothing unusual' given he is a Muslim.

But news of the second wedding came as a surprise to his first wife, Madah, 25, who is said to have only found out about it on Facebook. Madah, who lives with Tiote and their two children in a £1.5million house in a village outside Newcastle, reportedly fainted with shock when she saw the photographs of her husband marrying another woman.

Meanwhile the midfielder also has a one-year-old child with mistress, 33-year-old Zimbabwean Nkosiphile Mpofu, known as Nikki.

'Marriage feels pretty damn great!' Smitten George Clooney opens up on tying the knot with Amal Alamuddin as first pictures from their lavish Italian wedding are revealed

They married in front of family and a host of celebrity pals in Venice, Italy on Saturday and now the first pictures from George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin's wedding have been revealed.

The stunning 36-year-old bride wore a custom-made off-the-shoulder Oscar de la Renta French lace wedding dress with a veil while George, 53, chose his favourite designer, Giorgio Armani, to create his tuxedo.

In pictures, which were sold exclusively to HELLO! and People for charity, all of the secrets of the wedding are revealed including the outfits, the cake and the famous guests and George told People that 'marriage feels pretty damn great'.

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Happy ever after: People and HELLO! magazine bought the rights - with money to be donated to an as-yet-unnamed charity - to pictures of George Clooney's lavish wedding to Amal Alamuddin on Saturday and revealed details of the cake, guests and of course,

NHS boob job scrounger Josie Cunningham gives birth to baby girl

Josie Cunningham has given birth to her third child, a day after claiming the girl's father duped her into thinking he was a Premiership footballer.

The wannabe glamour model, who shot to notoriety when she had a £4,800 breast enlargement on the NHS, was taken to hospital on Sunday and had gone into labour by yesterday morning.

She gave birth last night and has not yet decided on a name, her agent Rob Cooper said.

This morning she posted a black-and-white photograph of her baby's fingers clutching hers on her Twitter account, accompanied by three kisses, and has been tweeting throughout this morning in response to a number of well wishers.

But the new mother - who already has two sons - has also been pelted with online abuse since news of the birth broke.

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New arrival: Josie Cunningham (left), who shot to notoriety when she had a £4,800 breast enlargement on the NHS, has given birth to a baby girl. She posted a photo after the birth on Twitter this morning (right)

British schoolgirl, 15, thought to have fled UK to join ISIS was A-grade student who wanted to become a dentist

Police fear a 15-year-old schoolgirl from Bristol who dreamt of becoming a dentist has run away from home to fight with Syrian jihadis.

Yusra Hussien was reported missing by her parents last Wednesday after she left the family home in the Easton area of the city for school in the morning, but wasn't there when her father went to pick her up in the afternoon.

Officers, who fear the A-grade student may have been radicalised, suspect she is on her way to Syria via Turkey in the hope of fighting with Islamic extremists.

Today her devastated parents said they had 'no idea' where she was, and begged Yusra: 'Please come back - we just want you to be safe.'

Yusra Hussien, 15, left her home in Bristol, above, last Wednesday, and is now feared to be heading for Syria

Dramatic moment 'paedophile hunter' vigilante confronts potential sex attacker he had lured to his home by posing as a child online

This is the dramatic moment a self-styled 'paedophile hunter' confronts a potential sex attacker who he has lured to a house by posing as a child online.

Vigilante Stinson Hunter, who is based in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, works with his team to entrap internet perverts - including soldiers, teachers and solicitors - by posing as underage boys and girls.

In this dramatic clip, undercover vigilantes from Hunter's team are seen poised for action with a camera as they wait for one of the suspects.

As the man walks in, one of the vigilantes asks the suspect to explain himself, before starting to click away with his camera in a bid to expose him.

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In action: A clip from the documentary 'Paedophile Hunter' shows Stinson Hunter and his team confronting a suspected paedophile after luring him to a house so they can ask him about his alleged crime

Man, 28, jumps into well in Niger •After attacking girlfriend

TRAGEDY struck in Niger State, as a 28-year-old man, Umar Mohammed, jumped into a well, committing suicide at New Bussa, in Borgu Local Government Area of the state, after attacking his girlfriend with cutlass and left her in a pool of her own blood over suspicion that she was dating another man.

The incident occurred last Thursday between 10.00 and 11.00 a.m, when the deceased invited the girlfriend, Jemila Mohammed, for an outing, as he brought out a cutlass hidden underneath his clothes and dealt her a blow with several cuts on her body.

THE Federal High Court in Awka, on Monday, ordered the State Security Services (SSS) to apologise to former Federal Capital Territory Minister, Mallam Nasir El Rufai and pay him N2 million as damages for unlawful detention.
The court’s decision followed the events of November 15 and 16, 2013, during the last Anambra governorship election, when SSS officials detained and harassed El-Rufai at the Finotel, Awka.

Dissatisfied with his treatment and believing that the conduct of the SSS had no basis in law, El-Rufai approached the court for redress. He joined Attorney-General of the Federation with the SSS as respondents in the suit No: FHC/AWK/CS/310/13.

Boko Haram looting our armoury – DHQ

The Defence Headquarters has said that it was aware that members of the outlawed Islamist sect, Boko Haram, were in the habit of looting its armoury.

The military authorities stated that they were making efforts to secure all armouries in its various formations across the country.

Director of Defence Information, Maj. Gen. Chris Olukolade, made the disclosure during his first real-time Twitter chat which held on Sunday night.

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu

Officials of the Lagos State Kick Against Indiscipline (KAI) Brigade yesterday impounded 35 rams, which they had taken from a makeshift selling point in Agege area of the state.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), about 20 KAI officials stormed the stall and took the rams, one after the other into their truck before they drove to their office, Alausa.

EFCC Arraigns Man for Issuance Of Dud Cheque

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, September 26, 2014 arraigned one Christopher Nduka before Justice Tukur Muhammed of Kaduna State High Court on one count charge bordering on issuance of dud cheque to the tune of nine hundred and eighty two thousand Naira.

The accused pleaded not guilty when the charge was read to him.

We have sex just once a week... 76% of men said they watch pornography, half of women read erotic fiction and it’s all the economy’s fault

The recession has not only left many Britons worse off financially, it has also damaged their sex lives, according to a survey.

It says the average Briton has sex four times a month, compared with seven in 2008 when the years of economic boom gave way to bust.

And one in three Britons now does not have sex at all in a typical month.

The survey suggests that women are increasingly getting their thrills from erotic literature while men are turning to online porn

This is a significant increase – by eight percentage points – since 2008, says the poll of more than 1,000 adults published yesterday.

The decrease in regularity of having sex may be one of the reasons why the proportion of Britons saying they are satisfied with their sex life – 63 per cent – has decreased considerably since 2008, when 76 per cent were content.

Paedophile who filmed himself attacking baby girl was caught after leaving a disc of child porn in his old house when he moved

Martin Hunt, 24, was jailed for 12 years after he filmed himself abusing a baby girl

A paedophile who filmed himself sexually abusing a baby girl was caught after new owners of his home found child pornography he left behind during the move.

The new owners of his home were quick to tip off police when they re-decorated the home and found a disc hidden behind kitchen units at the Frinton, Essex, property.

Martin Hunt, 24, was eventually tracked down when police happened to find indecent images at another paedophile's house in Kent and a trail of emails linking Hunt to the abuse.

Newborn baby died after being crammed into single bed with parents who had been drinking vodka and smoking cannabis

A newborn baby may have accidentally suffocated after she was crammed into a single bed with her parents while they slept after drinking vodka and smoking cannabis.

Alesha Roberts was 16 days old when she died after her mother Letisha, 22, lay her between herself and her boyfriend for a cuddle.

Alesha was found unresponsive in the bed at 4am and died, despite efforts to save her.

Letisha Roberts with her daughter Alesha, who died after spending a night in bed with her parents

'I thought the father of my baby was a Premier League star- but he was a fake': NHS boob job model Josie Cunningham reveals she was fooled for 18 MONTHS by a man who claimed to be footballer

Pregnant Josie Cunningham has revealed how she was tricked for 18 months into believing the father of her baby was Premier League footballer Curtis Davies.

The wannabe glamour model, who rose to fame after undergoing a £4,800 breast enlargement on the NHS, claims she was 'manipulated' into having a relationship with a man who pretended to be the Hull City star.

Just hours before going into labour, the 24-year-old told her 55,000 Twitter followers she had been 'physically fooled' by the imposter - despite searching images of the player on Google when she was warned the man could be a fraud.

Wannabe glamour model Josie Cunningham, pictured left, has claimed she was tricked into sleeping with a man who claimed to be footballer Curtis Davies, pictured right

Ijaye-Ojokoro Magistrate’s Court
| credits: Afeez Hanafi

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Save my life, land from OPC, man tells Manko

land owner in Lagos, Donald Agu, has appealed to the Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG), in charge of Zone II, Mr Umar Manko, to save his life from people suspected to be Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) members.
Agu said the suspected OPC members had taken from him a piece of land at Era village, Otto-Awori Local Government Area. The man said he had heard dreadful things about members of OPC and did not want to engage them in anyway.
Agu said that the OPC men were led by two of their chieftains simply identified as Lanre and Omiale. He said: “I want to get back my land, but I know they would kill me if I try to confront them. These people are members of OPC. I heard they can kill anybody because of land. I decided to go to the police to intervene in the matter. “If they want the land so much, they should refund me my N4.1 million, which represents the expenses I had spent on the land.”

Release our brothers’ bodies, families beg police

Relatives of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) supporters killed during a clash with their All Progressives Congress (APC) counterparts at Isale-Eko, Lagos, have called on the Commissioner of Police, Kayode Aderanti, to release their bodies. The deceased were identified as Rilwan Saka (19), Nureni Obabiolorunosi (25) and Ogede Akeem.
The families of Saka and Obabiolorunosi told our correspondent yesterday that those killed were not political thugs as being insinuated. On September 21, the PDP and APC supporters engaged in a free for all after the visit of President Goodluck Jonathan. At the end, six persons lost their lives. Saka’s brother, Ibrahim Saka, appealed to the police commissioner to release the body for immediate burial.
He said: “We are Muslims. We are not interested in pursuing any court case, because we were told by the police that the party had taken the matter to court. “The late Rilwan was just a victim of circumstance. On the day of the incident, he was with me inside my room, eating rice. When I was going out, I told him not go out.

Ebola: Navy screens officers at route march

At the third quarterly ‘route march’ exercise organised by the Naval Training Command (NAVTRAC), 1,000 naval personnel were screened for the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD). The screening preceded a 10-kilometre walk. As early as 6 am on Saturday, the officers trooped out from NNS Quorra parade ground and walked as far as Liverpool and detoured at Apapa roundabout to find their way back to base.
The Navy Band was on hand to aid the ever-ready combatant men and women, who were chanting war songs, while an ambulance was trailing them. At the parade ground, an officer took them on various exercises. The Flag Officer Commanding (FOC), NAVTRAC, Rear Admiral Goddy Anyankpele, who spoke through the acting FOC, Rear Admiral Adeniyi Osinowo, expressed satisfaction over the performance of those who participated in the exercise. He said: “I am indeed highly impressed by our conduct…

Restriction: Riders, commuters bemoan police excesses

A commercial motorcyclist and a female passenger almost lost their lives when policemen attempted to arrest the rider on ACME Road, Ogba, Lagos. The policemen were said to be enforcing the restriction on tricycle operations on ACME Road by the Commissioner of Transportation, Mr Kayode Olaifa. The passenger, who gave her name as Mrs Cynthia, said the policemen tried to grab the motorcyclist at ACME junction on Lateef Kayode Jakande Road, Agidingbi.
According to her, the motorcycle summersaulted in the middle of the road while the rider was trying to evade arrest. Cynthia said that but for divine intervention, the vehicle coming behind would have crushed her and the rider to death. She was, however, thankful that she only sustained injury while blood was running down her hand and clothes.

‘Lagos govt has technically taken over Synagogue’

General Manager, Lagos State Building Control Agency, LASBCA, Mrs. Abimbola Animashaun-Odunayo, in this interview, speaks on the recent collapsed building belonging to the Synagogue Church of All Nations, SCOAN, the intricacies surrounding it, the next line of action by the state government, among others. Excerpts:

What actually went wrong with the SCOAN collapsed building?
We need support from stakeholders and everyone. Before now, we have been trying to curtail incidence of collapse building until we had the latest one. I think the problem of Synagogue Church of All Nations, SCOAN, brought the issue to the fore again. A lot of institutions are too secretive they will not allow government officials do their job properly. They believed that if you are not a member, you cannot have access to their premises.

The site of the collapsed building at the Synagogue Church, Ikotun-Egbe, Lagos.

Arms and ammunitions

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Boko Haram attacks Borno villages, kills pastor, 19 others

Some suspected members of the Boko Haram sect on Thursday attacked Shaffa and Shindiffu villages of Hawul Local Government Area of Borno State, killing one Pastor Eliud Gwamna Mshelizza of the Living Faith Church, a teacher (names withheld) at Government Girls Secondary School, Shaffa, and 18 other persons who were mainly Christians.
The terrorists also burnt down about 10 churches.
They included E.Y.N. No I, E.Y.N. No II and III in Shaffa and Shindiffu villages as well several houses.
A clinic and some staff quarters and structures at the Government Girls Secondary School in Shaffa were also destroyed.

Militant in Beheading Videos Has Been Identified, F.B.I. Chief Says

WASHINGTON — American intelligence agencies believe they have identified the Islamic State militant who appeared on two videotapes in which American journalists were beheaded, the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, said Thursday, but he declined to name the man while agents from the United States and Britain were searching for him.

Intelligence agencies have used voice-recognition technology, overhead imagery and records of Western fighters who are believed to have joined the group in the effort to identify the killer, who first appeared in a video a month ago showing the beheading of James Foley. A second gruesome video, showing the death of Steven J. Sotloff, was released about two weeks later. Both men were freelance journalists.

For a while, British officials focused their suspicions on a rapper who they believed had gone to Syria to fight. Now “the assumption is that was wrong,” one official said.

Insecurity: Monitoring movement of money in banks will help –Oney

Mr. Ethelbert Onuoha Oney is a United Kingdom trained lawyer, who bagged a Masters in Security and intelligence from Oxford University. He also has a degree in Security Management. In this encounter with JULIANA FRANCIS, Oney reveals what Nigeria and Nigerians can do to finally nail the rampaging Boko Haram sect. Excerpt:
What’s the difference between terrorism and insurgency?
The difference is broad. Insurgency means militant and militantancy means freedom fighters. Terrorism doesn’t have any definition among the scholars or practitioners. But for me, terrorism means a group of aggrieved people, with the intention of hurting a nation, inculcating fear into people, with mass killings and economic sabotage. The two are not the same. Insurgency can be a freedom fighter. It means you have a purpose, reason for fighting. In terrorism, they don’t know what they’re fighting for and something new will keep coming up. Terrorism is a system. In order to win terrorism, you must first of all, win the intelligence war.
How do we win the intelligence war?
We win intelligence war by first having timely and appropriate policy. The policy is not to show the citizenry that government is working. The policy should be such that once its implemented, anyone who goes contrary to it; either sponsors of terrorism or supporters, should be tried and jailed. And the best of it should be a long term jail. It shouldn’t be killing and shooting. Secondly, there should be specialised agencies; people who are trained in counter terrorism, and security experts. Maybe, people who had worked with the police or army. Thirdly, we have the experts. These are people like me. There are a lot of people who are terrorism experts in Nigeria. I mean people who read and studied it up to master’s level.
Those are the people needed in terrorism situations. Fourthly, there’s the resource. This is having the resources to back whatever mechanism they want to apply. As far as you and I know, we have the resources. None of these four factors have been applied from the beginning. From the beginning of Boko Haram, all we’ve heard is army this, army that. Army is not supposed to get involved in counter terrorism. The only time they’re supposed to get involved is when there’s intelligence report that the terrorist would be in a particular area

You've just been bombed... by a woman: Saudi prince and Emirate's first female pilot lead the blitz on ISIS as Arab states send squadrons of fighters to blast terror group in Iraq and Syria

The son of the heir to the Saudi Arabian throne has personally put the royal seal of approval on the attacks against Isis, by taking part in bombing runs.

Prince Khaled bin Salman, the son of Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz, has been pictured in the cockpit of his Tornado jet after piloting it in strikes against the terrorist group in Syria.

He was joined in the skies by the United Arab Emirate's first female air force pilot, Major Mariam Al Mansouri, 35, whose F-16 fighter was one of several from a group of Arab nations that are blitzing Isis.

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The New York City Subway IS safe: De Blasio holds press conference to insist that there is no terror threat after Iraqi PM's claims that ISIS will launch strike

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio has spoken out against claims that ISIS is planning to attack the subway saying there is 'no credible threat.'

After taking the subway to a news conference this afternoon, he said: 'I have a simple message for our New Yorkers: There is no threat to our subway system.'

New York Police Commissioner Bratton said the NYPD has put increased resources toward protecting subways and rail stations and there will be more police patrols on the streets, but insisted the people of the city should feel 'comfortable and secure' using the travel network.

New York officials have spoken out against claims that ISIS is planning to attack the subway saying there is 'no credible threat.' Pictured George Venizelos, Assistant Director-in-Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, (left) New York Field Office, New York Police Department Commissioner Bill Bratton (centre) and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (right)

'I will see you all in f****** Hell!' Man with implanted horns and '666' tattoo screams at jury as he is convicted of triple murder

A man sporting two rows of horns implanted into his forehead and a '666' tattoo has been convicted of murdering three men and chopping up their bodies today.

Caius Veiovis screamed at the Springfield jury that convicted him Friday, saying: 'I'll see you all in hell every f****** one of you. I'll see you all in hell.'

They had considered his case for the past week in Massachusetts.

Convicted: Caius Veiovis (above) was found guilty of three counts of murder earlier today in a Springfield, Massachusetts courtroom

Fired Muslim convert store-worker who beheaded female colleague after losing his job was 'shouting Islamic phrases' as he carried out his bloody rampage

The Muslim convert who allegedly beheaded a female co-worker was shouting Islamic phrases as he tore across the store wielding a knife, it has been claimed.

Alton Alexander Nolen, 30, was trying to convince workers that Islam teaches that the punishment is acceptable on Thursday, shortly before he was fired from his job at Vaughan Foods in Moore, Oklahoma, according to local media.

He returned the same day and lashed out at colleagues Colleen Hufford and Traci Johnson with a knife, police said.

After being shot by sheriff's deputy Mark Vaughan, who is also the firm's CEO, in the wake of the horrific attack he has woken up in hospital and is being questioned by police.

And as the FBI investigates his alleged conversion to Islam in connection with the killing, reports have emerged that Nolen was shouting Islamic phrases during the rampage.

Salute: Alton Alexander Nolen, 30, attacked Colleen Hufford and Traci Johnson after he was sacked from Vaughan Foods in Oklahoma, police said. Above, Nolen (center) apparently performs ISIS's one-finger salute

Bonfire of the ebola victims: The bones and ashes of 700 plague victims lie in a mound next to incinerators imported from Britain - just one of the macabre scenes that reveal the true toll of the world's deadliest virus...

As I walked into the walled Hindu-style cremation site outside Monrovia alongside the latest consignment of bodies, I saw a smouldering pile of ashes with smoke rising from it.
Scattered among the flickering flames were clearly visible human bones: femurs, hip joints and even the odd skull.
These were the remains of 15 ebola victims, their highly-contagious corpses set ablaze the night before on open pyres.

Walk of death: A Burial team carry the body of a suspected ebola victim at the Soffie community in Monrovia

Woman discovers her husband is married to three other women in three different states after finding all his wedding photos on FACEBOOK

How well do you know your man? All it took was a simple check on Facebook for a woman to discover her husband had already said his vows with another woman - three other women, in fact.
The woman from South Carolina, whose identity has been been protected by the Newberry County Sheriff's Office, filed a complaint with investigators after she saw wedding photos of her husband, 49-year-old Darnell Pixley, with another woman on Facebook.
After looking online she found that her husband was already married to at least three other women and had divorced another.

Bit of a player! A simple check on Facebook led a woman down a deep rabbit hole of discovery that ended with the revelation that her husband was already married to at least three other women and had divorced another

Did I marry Britain's cruellest husband? Abused. Spied on. Forced to take a lie detector test. Then the bombshell: in a divorce court, she's told he is a bigamist

Laura Lyons married Farouk Ali in October 2010, but she filed for divorce after years in the abusive and controlling relationship

Imagine. You’re embroiled in a bitter divorce case, trying to sort out a financial settlement for yourself and your two-year-old daughter, having fled the family home after years of violence and abuse. A Family Court judge has already granted a decree nisi: surely the end of this wearying legal contest must be near?

And then your ex drops his bombshell. According to a court document submitted by his solicitor, two weeks before he married you in England, he wed a woman you’ve never heard of in Bangladesh. You were never his wife at all.

Now he wants you to agree that, instead of a divorce, you should instead be granted an annulment. At first, he also wants you to withdraw any claim on his assets.

If that sounds bad enough, for businesswoman Laura Lyons, there was all this – and more.

'Triple-breasted' hoaxer kept me in a cage as a sex slave and carved her name on my chest, says teenager

A teenager claims he was kept as a caged sex slave by the 'three breasted hoaxer' Alisha Hessler.

Micheal Squier, 18, said that the model - who claimed to have undergone surgery to have a third breast implanted - carved her name onto his chest on the first night they met in Tampa, Florida, with a steak knife.

The teenager claims Ms Hessler, who also goes by the name Jasmine Tridevil, tied him up, flogged him and forced him to sleep in a dog's cage after they met on the internet and bonded over a shared interest in sex fetishes.

A teenager claims he was kept as a caged sex slave by the 'three breasted hoaxer' Alisha Hessler - who claims to have undergone surgery to have a third breast implanted

Outrage as police fraudster is freed: Police woman described as 'disgrace to her uniform' released from prison after serving just four months of two and a half year sentence

Former Chief Inspector for Surrey Police Tanya Brookes

A shamed senior policewoman described as ‘a disgrace to her uniform’ by a judge has been freed from prison just four months into a two-and-a-half-year jail sentence for fraud.

Former Chief Inspector Tanya Brookes, 46, who was convicted of dishonestly making £11,000, is now back home with her husband and children.

Her early release was described as ‘outrageous’ last night after The Mail on Sunday discovered Brookes, who served with Surrey Police, had been allowed out with a tag on ‘home detention curfew’ following a successful appeal to reduce her sentence to 18 months. Even taking that into account, she has served less than a quarter of her time in jail – and will even keep her generous pension.

The mother of four, who was convicted of 33 charges, cheated shops by forging vouchers or claiming refunds for goods such as micro-scooters and blankets that she had bought at a discount online.

Tension in Ekiti, Fayemi declares curfew

South African President, Mr Jacob Zuma

Two South Africans who lost relatives when a church hostel in Lagos collapsed have told the BBC they intend to sue the General Overseer of Synagogue Church of All Nations, Pastor Temitope Joshua.

The BBC reported that the two men, who both lost sisters in the collapse, were appealing for more families to come together in bringing a case against the preacher.

At least 115 people, including 84 South Africans, died when the multi-storey building fell down on September 12.

The authorities said it had more floors than its foundation could hold.

On Sunday, Joshua announced plans to travel to South Africa to visit the families of the deceased.

Officials suspect the foundations were not suitable for extra floors to be added to the building

Riot policemen in front of the Ekiti High Court, Ado-Ekiti... on Thursday

For the second time in four days, people suspected to be political thugs on Thursday disrupted proceedings at the Ekiti State High Court in Ado-Ekiti on Thursday.

A sitting judge, Justice John Adeyeye, was beaten up and his suit torn by the thugs.

The record book of the Chief Judge, Justice Ayodeji Daramola, was also torn into pieces by the thugs who also disrupted proceedings at the state Election Petitions Tribunal.

The tribunal sits on the high court premises in Ado-Ekiti.

The tension in the court forced Daramola to order the immediate closure of all the state high courts.

It was gathered that Adeyeye, who was presiding over a case that had nothing to do with the last Ekiti governorship election, courted trouble when he called on the Governor-elect, Ayo Fayose, to caution the people following him to the tribunal.

Abducted Chibok girls

N503m Scam: EFCC to Appeal Ikuforiji’s Acquittal

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has said it will appeal against the ruling of Justice Ibrahim Buba of the Federal High Court, Lagos, which today set free the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeniyi Ikuforiji and his aide, Oyebode Atoyebi.

Both had been standing trial on a 54-count charge of money laundering to the tune of N503million.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, September 26, 2014 arraigned Dandeson Ebosele Ibhonitie, 26, (a.k.a Dandy James, Connor Mead and Barrister Louis Harpoch and Ohiwerei Charity, 31, before Justice E. F. Ikponmwen of Edo State High Court, Benin-City on a 3- count charge bordering on conspiracy and obtaining money by false pretence.
Ibhonitie and Charity allegedly belong to the group of fraudsters using the internet to defraud unsuspecting victims.

Tuesday, September 30, 2014

A 60-year-old man, Vincent Odionu was on Monday September 29, 2014, arraigned before Justice M.A. Onyetenu of the Federal High Court, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a 2-count charge that borders on stealing, forgery and impersonation

Monday, September 29, 2014

Sunday, September 28, 2014

Friday, September 26, 2014